NSW Parliament

Environment Liaison Office

We host the Environmental Liaison Office (ELO), an alliance of nine leading environmental organisations from across New South Wales. The ELO aims to ensure the shared concerns and priorities of ELO members are communicated consistently to members of parliament. The ELO monitors parliamentary debates, inquiries and legislation, and produces a regular summary of parliamentary debates relating to environmental and natural resource management issues. To subscribe to the free ELO Hansard bulletin, email ncc@nature.org.au.

Reports

In March 2013, at the midpoint of the government’s first term, the ELO produced a score card that reviewed the government’s environmental performance. The report card and the accompanying newspaper, The Score, documented a litany of failures and broken promises.

Before the 2011 state election, the ELO published a comprehensive plan for political action for a healthier, more resilient environment for the benefit of nature, the NSW economy and our society.

The Colong Foundation for Wilderness, the successor to Myles Dunphy’s National Parks and Primitive Areas Council, is Australia’s longest-serving community advocate for wilderness.

The Central West Environment Council is an umbrella organisation representing conservation groups and individuals in central west NSW working to protect the local environment for future generations.

The National Parks Association of NSW is a non-government conservation group that seeks to protect, connect and restore the integrity and diversity of natural systems in NSW and beyond, through national parks, marine sanctuaries and other means.

The North Coast Environment Council was formed in 1976 as the peak umbrella environment group in northern New South Wales, covering the area from the Hunter to the Tweed and west to the New England Highway.

The Total Environment Centrehas been campaigning for environment protection in the city and country, changing government policy, advising the community and challenging business since 1972.

The Wilderness Society (TWS) is a national environmental advocacy organisation, with centres in Sydney and Newcastle, dedicated to the protection and restoration of Australia’s unique nature and natural processes.